VIA: AltheaGibson.Com Born August 25, 1927 in Silver, SC, A right-hander, grew up in Harlem. Her family was poor, but she was fortunate in coming to the attention of Dr. Walter Johnson, a Lynchburg VA physician who was active in the black tennis community. He became her patron as he would later for Arthur Ashe, […]
Althea Gibson lived in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. Her family was on welfare. She was a client of the Society for Prevention of…
VIA ESPN MAGAZINE: From one family, one coach, one house in Compton. This may be a real life fairytale and proof that with hard work, fairytales do come true. It’s the single most underplayed story in American sports in the past 25 years. Do you realize a Williams has six of the past 11 women’s […]
